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My friend has a wart on his pinky, he said he froze it, it's covered in a bandaid ,i touched his hand and he touched my arm. i washed it. can i get it?
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You're safe!: You are safe. The warts covered and you didn't touch it with broken skin so you are good!
Answered 8/29/2014
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